comedown
Fall from grace
A comedown is a decline in status, importance, or intensity—a letdown after something better: Working retail after running my own company was quite a comedown.
In drug slang, a comedown is the period of fatigue and depression following a high: The comedown from ecstasy hit her hard the next morning.
Failure to satisfy expectations
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- anticlimaxDisappointing conclusion after buildup
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
discontent · dissatisfaction · crestfallen · chagrin · disenchantment · bummer · downer · frustration
Self-conscious unease
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- humblingDiminishing one's pride
- disgraceLoss of honor
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
abasement · loss of status · demotion · degradation · indignity · dishonor · ignominy · chastening
Sudden violent impact
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- depletionReduction of supply
exhaustion · depression · irritability · fatigue · cravings · jitters · rebound · low
Sudden structural failure
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- demiseCessation of existence
- failureLack of success
- undoingCause of destruction
fall from grace · disgrace · debacle · catastrophe · crash · destruction · overthrow · disintegration
letdown
Failure to satisfy expectations
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- anticlimaxDisappointing conclusion after buildup
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
deflation · discontent · dissatisfaction · crestfallen · chagrin · disenchantment · bummer · downer · frustration · regret
embarrassment
Self-conscious unease
mortification · abasement · loss of status · demotion · degradation · indignity · dishonor · ignominy · chastening · rebuke
crash
Sudden violent impact
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
depletion · exhaustion · depression · irritability · fatigue · cravings · jitters · rebound · low · flatness
collapse
Sudden structural failure
undoing · fall from grace · disgrace · debacle · catastrophe · crash · destruction · overthrow · disintegration · wreckage
slump
Extended period of decline
reduction · decrease · deterioration · degradation · slide · slip · sag · ebb · wane · plunge
- letdownsletdown, disappointment, anticlimax, dud, flop
- Downdownward, downhill, downstairs, downstream, downwind
- post-holiday bluesblues, fatigue, cleanup, routine, laundry
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use
- LSDacid, blotter, tabs, trip, microdot
- stimulant abusemeth, crystal meth, speed, meth addiction, cocaine addiction
comedownrise
Move to higher position
promotion · ascent · elevation · advancement · aggrandizement